More problems with the repair forum, but with a twist. This time, it’s not the forum per se that’s causing the problem; the entire datacenter in which the forum is hosted is down while they install a new power cable. Was supposed to only take three hours starting at midnight. But, we [...]

Well, just when I thought things were stabilizing at ye olde repair forum, I get kicked in the groin. Seems the search function at the forum was eating up too much CPU time and slamming the server. So I had to disable it. I’ll figure out work-around, like Google Search, or something.
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Well, it finally happened: the repair forum database shat the bed.
Last September, I moved the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum to a virtual private server (VPS) run by A Small Orange. The reason for the migration was because the server at the previous host, a shared server with 1,000+ other websites on it, [...]

Whirlpool DSI
range won’t stay lit; spark is strong.
Pointers: one, two, three.

Maytag Neptune pops
and rumbles during tumble.
Drum bearing seal leak.
To learn more about your washing machine, or to order parts, click here.

Whirlpool dishwasher
Need to reset control board
Run Rapid Advance.

Compressor’s running
No frost on coil; box is warm.
Fuggetaboutit.
To learn more about your refrigerator, or to order parts, click here.

The ice bin augur
in my GE fridge is stuck.
See GE recall.

Older GE range
Ran self-clean, now door locked shut.
Check slide bar, switch, coil.

To learn more about your range/stove/oven, or to order parts, click here.

Ran self-clean cycle
Now DCS range won’t heat.
Reset limit fuse.

Question: We are building a new house. Want to put in stackable washer and dryer. Can we vent dryer through ceiling into attic or does it need to go out side wall?
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Ahh, this reminds me of a limerick [...]

Need help with an appliance problem? The Samurai Appliance Repair Forum is where you’ll get it. And not just from other appliance repair virgins like yourself. Nay, nay, young Grasshopper, perish the thought! At the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum, you’ll get expert, personalized help from real-life Master Appliantologists. Come, meet [...]

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Your site is most-sweetah. I have been blessed by great wisdom in seeing the simple picture of dryer belt routing.
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A motherboard on a refrigerator? Aren’t those only used in computers? The common sense answer is, “They should be.” But GE, in it’s never-ending quest to produce ever more frail appliances using cheesy electronic control boards made in Chinese prison factories, uses a motherboard on a refrigerator to replace several robust mechanical [...]